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I've just completed some work on python dialog wrapper. Dialog is a
command-line utility that can be used to present text-mode
user-interface elements from a script ( Messge boxes, menus,
checklists, etc.). I fixed the command line paramter length limitation
on the windows/dos version. Anyway, it's handy for simple installers.
If MakeAppWorkDir is exteneded, this may be used to provide a sharp
interface to it.
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Actually, I'd prefer a command-line or programmatic interface to the
new improved MapeAppWorkDir.py as well since I'll most likely wrap it
to make it do things specific to my environment. The text-mode UI
would be more to hand-hold people brand new to WebWare. I'm not
pushing it or anything, especially since there are much more important
things to do. If acquiring the user-supplied parameters were
encapsulated in the utility then we can add diferent ways of acruiring
them in the future very easily. Maybe at first the are supplied on the
command-line only. Then we might add an option for a textual query and
input.
The dialog utility is proving itself useful around here for quick user
interaction in script files and I at least wanted people to know about
it in case they have their own needs that it can meet.
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What do people think? I want to make Webware easier, but it's always
going to be developer and server oriented. A nice command-line client
might be just as good, and easier to automate in some ways.
Of course, on Windows even developer working on servers expect GUIs --
but would a dialog interface be good enough? Personally I think I'll
*always* want a command-line interface -- I'm sure there's many here who
feel the same, but probably also many who would prefer an interactive
interface.
On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 15:07, Kevin Dahlhausen wrote:
> I've just completed some work on python dialog wrapper. Dialog is a
> command-line utility that can be used to present text-mode
> user-interface elements from a script ( Messge boxes, menus,
> checklists, etc.). I fixed the command line paramter length limitation
> on the windows/dos version. Anyway, it's handy for simple installers.
> If MakeAppWorkDir is exteneded, this may be used to provide a sharp
> interface to it.

I prefer command line. Besides being "easier" because I don't have to
learn a GUI, I have servers where I have no intention of having X or
anything graphical running. Dialog is nice for cases where there are
real choices.
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 05:03:43PM -0600, Ian Bicking wrote:
> What do people think? I want to make Webware easier, but it's always
> going to be developer and server oriented. A nice command-line client
> might be just as good, and easier to automate in some ways.
>
> Of course, on Windows even developer working on servers expect GUIs --
> but would a dialog interface be good enough? Personally I think I'll
> *always* want a command-line interface -- I'm sure there's many here who
> feel the same, but probably also many who would prefer an interactive
> interface.
>
> On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 15:07, Kevin Dahlhausen wrote:
> > I've just completed some work on python dialog wrapper. Dialog is a
> > command-line utility that can be used to present text-mode
> > user-interface elements from a script ( Messge boxes, menus,
> > checklists, etc.). I fixed the command line paramter length limitation
> > on the windows/dos version. Anyway, it's handy for simple installers.
> > If MakeAppWorkDir is exteneded, this may be used to provide a sharp
> > interface to it.
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A gui may be better left as a 3rd party project. Take the apache route
- ASF doesn't provide GUI's to their software.
Mike
On Thursday, October 31, 2002, at 06:21 PM, Phil Hughes wrote:
> I prefer command line. Besides being "easier" because I don't have to
> learn a GUI, I have servers where I have no intention of having X or
> anything graphical running. Dialog is nice for cases where there are
> real choices.

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